Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-nes
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.
A man can't soar too high, when he flies with his own wings.
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.
I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I don’t think we are going to become extinct. We are very clever and very resourceful.
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Know thyself.
The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
People die from typewriters falling on their heads.
Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain
It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.
Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.